Humans can live in a sustainable way, but with this thought, it cannot be voluntary. The economy is “booming”, because of the way humans live today, such as how they implement their resources from the planet that they use for themselves. But if people respected the environment as much as they did the economy, then it wouldn’t be so evident that the future for humans isn’t too bright. It needs to be enforced by the higher class authorities (Ex: U.S Government) of what we need to do in order to live a sustainable life that won’t erode the Earth. Such as recycling or littering. It is against the law to do so, but because it is not strongly enforced to do so, many people get the slip and harm the environment. In order for humans to live a sustainable life, it cannot be voluntary, it has to be mandatory that we do so.

The importance of finding a sustainable lifestyle for society to live by is now more important than ever. As oil begins to run out, and the environmental effects begin to show, there has never been a greater threat to the entire world population than the one that is right around the corner. In fact, one could argue that this crisis is especially difficult for a society to overcome because there is not a well defined enemy and therefore a lack of motivation from most people. Historically, societies have accomplished amazing feats – one of the most recent examples in America was during World War II when the home front mobilized and changed their way of life in order to supply the resources necessary to win the war. It was not just the soldiers fighting, much like today’s wars are fought. Back then, the enemies were well defined and the threat of succumbing to the power of the German or the Japanese provided the motivation for this unprecedented feat. Today, the problem of shifting to a sustainable way of living in time to escape globally catastrophic climate change would require a mobilization much similar to the one witnessed in the early 1940s. However, today’s enemy is not as threatening and prevalent as the Germans and the Japanese were. In fact, many people are unaware that the enemy is actually themselves. Everyone in society today is responsible for the down fall.